Nokia Dongguan factory strikes protest: no compensation for sale

NetEase technology News November 19, Nokia Dongguan manufacturing plant staff this morning to carry out a large-scale protest, about hundreds of people stopped working. The reason for the protests is that workers believe that the sale of mobile phones to Microsoft in Nokia, but workers failed to obtain reasonable financial compensation. According to a microblog posted by employees involved in the protests, employees played banner banners on the open spaces in the park and protested on the grass. The banner reads, "Workers are not commodities, not assets, not slaves, please do not sell us, we have dignity and human rights!" ”。 A few days ago, the Nokia factory in Dongguan revised a number of systems to allow factories to be discontinued, the factory only pay very low wages. The employees are very dissatisfied with the revised system. By the end of the afternoon, the protest staff also revealed in the microblog that the incident had not yet attracted high-level attention. According to media reports, Nokia China has confirmed the matter, but said the Dongguan factory operation has not been affected. In September this year, Microsoft announced the acquisition of Nokia's mobile phone business, and after the deal ended, 32,000 Nokia employees will join Microsoft, including 4,700 Finnish employees and about 18,300 employees in the manufacturing sector. According to the transaction, the Dongguan factory will become a subsidiary of Microsoft after the transaction is completed. (SUSU)